diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
index 9f6da42..7b6fb6e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@
     }
 
     public long getTokenAcquireTimeout() {
-        int time = accessor.getInt(Option.CLOUD_PROFILER_LOG_INTERVAL);
-        return Math.max(time, 5000);
+        int time = accessor.getInt(Option.CLOUD_ACQUIRE_TOKEN_TIMEOUT);
+        return Math.min(time, 1000);
     }
 
     public int getWriteMaxRequestsPerSecond() {
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/pom.xml
index 6ff2ef6..07dcacc 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -87,5 +87,15 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+      <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${gcsjavasdk.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+      <artifactId>sdk-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/util/CloudRetryableRequestUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/util/CloudRetryableRequestUtil.java
index 2d0afbe..be8be9c 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/util/CloudRetryableRequestUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/cloud/util/CloudRetryableRequestUtil.java
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.cloud.io.request.ICloudBeforeRetryRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.cloud.io.request.ICloudRequest;
 import org.apache.hyracks.cloud.io.request.ICloudReturnableRequest;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.ExponentialRetryPolicy;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.IRetryPolicy;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
+import com.google.cloud.BaseServiceException;
+
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkException;
+
 /**
  * Run {@link ICloudRequest} and {@link ICloudReturnableRequest} with retries
  */
@@ -39,10 +45,13 @@
      * @see System#setProperty(String, String)
      */
     public static final String CLOUD_UNSTABLE_MODE = "cloud.unstable.mode";
-    private static final int STABLE_NUMBER_OF_RETRIES = 5;
+    private static final int STABLE_NUMBER_OF_RETRIES = 10;
+    private static final long STABLE_MAX_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES_IN_MILLIS = 10_000;
     private static final int UNSTABLE_NUMBER_OF_RETRIES = 100;
+    private static final int UNSTABLE_MAX_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES_IN_MILLIS = 0;
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
     private static final int NUMBER_OF_RETRIES = getNumberOfRetries();
+    private static final long MAX_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES = getMaxDelayBetweenRetries();
 
     private static final ICloudBeforeRetryRequest NO_OP_RETRY = () -> {
     };
@@ -162,11 +171,15 @@
     private static <T> T doRun(ICloudReturnableRequest<T> request, ICloudBeforeRetryRequest retry)
             throws HyracksDataException {
         int attempt = 1;
+        IRetryPolicy retryPolicy = null;
         while (true) {
             try {
                 return request.call();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                if (attempt > NUMBER_OF_RETRIES) {
+            } catch (IOException | BaseServiceException | SdkException e) {
+                if (retryPolicy == null) {
+                    retryPolicy = new ExponentialRetryPolicy(NUMBER_OF_RETRIES, MAX_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES);
+                }
+                if (!retryPolicy.retry(e)) {
                     throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
                 }
                 attempt++;
@@ -179,12 +192,16 @@
 
     private static void doRun(ICloudRequest request, ICloudBeforeRetryRequest retry) throws HyracksDataException {
         int attempt = 1;
+        IRetryPolicy retryPolicy = null;
         while (true) {
             try {
                 request.call();
                 break;
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                if (attempt > NUMBER_OF_RETRIES) {
+            } catch (IOException | BaseServiceException | SdkException e) {
+                if (retryPolicy == null) {
+                    retryPolicy = new ExponentialRetryPolicy(NUMBER_OF_RETRIES, MAX_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES);
+                }
+                if (!retryPolicy.retry(e)) {
                     throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
                 }
                 attempt++;
@@ -199,4 +216,8 @@
         return unstable ? UNSTABLE_NUMBER_OF_RETRIES : STABLE_NUMBER_OF_RETRIES;
     }
 
+    private static long getMaxDelayBetweenRetries() {
+        boolean unstable = Boolean.getBoolean(CLOUD_UNSTABLE_MODE);
+        return unstable ? UNSTABLE_MAX_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES_IN_MILLIS : STABLE_MAX_DELAY_BETWEEN_RETRIES_IN_MILLIS;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/ExponentialRetryPolicy.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/ExponentialRetryPolicy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5255ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/ExponentialRetryPolicy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hyracks.util;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class ExponentialRetryPolicy implements IRetryPolicy {
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES = 10;
+    private static final long DEFAULT_INITIAL_DELAY_IN_MILLIS = 100;
+    private static final long DEFAULT_MAX_DELAY_IN_MILLIS = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+    private final int maxRetries;
+    private final long initialDelay;
+    private final long maxDelay;
+    private int attempt = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor for ExponentialRetryPolicy.
+     * Initializes with default max retries, initial delay, and max delay.
+     */
+    public ExponentialRetryPolicy() {
+        this(DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES, DEFAULT_INITIAL_DELAY_IN_MILLIS, DEFAULT_MAX_DELAY_IN_MILLIS);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * ExponentialRetryPolicy with specified max retries, initial delay, and max delay.
+     *
+     * @param maxRetries   the maximum number of retries
+     * @param initialDelay the initial delay in milliseconds
+     * @param maxDelay     the maximum delay in milliseconds
+     */
+    public ExponentialRetryPolicy(int maxRetries, long initialDelay, long maxDelay) {
+        this.maxRetries = maxRetries;
+        this.initialDelay = initialDelay;
+        this.maxDelay = maxDelay;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * ExponentialRetryPolicy with specified max retries.
+     * Initializes with default initial delay and max delay.
+     *
+     * @param maxRetries the maximum number of retries
+     */
+    public ExponentialRetryPolicy(int maxRetries) {
+        this(maxRetries, DEFAULT_INITIAL_DELAY_IN_MILLIS, DEFAULT_MAX_DELAY_IN_MILLIS);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * ExponentialRetryPolicy with specified max retries and max delay.
+     * Initializes with default initial delay.
+     *
+     * @param maxRetries the maximum number of retries
+     * @param maxDelay   the maximum delay in milliseconds
+     */
+    public ExponentialRetryPolicy(int maxRetries, long maxDelay) {
+        this(maxRetries, DEFAULT_INITIAL_DELAY_IN_MILLIS, maxDelay);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean retry(Throwable failure) {
+        if (attempt < maxRetries) {
+            try {
+                long delay = initialDelay * (1L << attempt);
+                TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.sleep(ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextLong(1 + Long.min(delay, maxDelay)));
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            }
+            attempt++;
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index f749bbf..1dece47 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
     <jackson-databind.version>${jackson.version}</jackson-databind.version>
     <netty.version>4.1.115.Final</netty.version>
     <asm.version>9.3</asm.version>
+    <awsjavasdk.version>2.29.27</awsjavasdk.version>
+    <gcsjavasdk.version>2.45.0</gcsjavasdk.version>
 
     <implementation.title>Apache Hyracks and Algebricks - ${project.name}</implementation.title>
     <implementation.url>https://asterixdb.apache.org/</implementation.url>